History / MAP OF POLAND IN 1880'S [95]


No such place in Poland. Probably misspelled. The guessing will be hard without any written source available.
A long shot - maybe Bieńkówka?
'uf' and 'ów' is almost identical in Polish pronunciation.

Law / Old Polish money banknotes - what's their value today? [415]

It would be worth nothing if Polish Zlotych unless it's really a 50 Polish bucks! As scarce as hen's teeth :)

Life / Help me find this Polish band and song.... [117]

English Translation #2 is way better.

Life / Help me find this Polish band and song.... [117]


Somebody else already asked the question about this song, check post #69 in the current thread - an youtube video with a band performing, among others, "Stoi mi piorko u kapelusza".

Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1040]


There are much better words for this than the 'ja cię kręcę' - this phrase isn't vulgar in Poland at all. Rather nobody says it in anger here.

Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1040]

Maybe Jeez or Oh my gosh?
That's my interpretation since I'm not native English speaker.

Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1040]


Literally it would mean something like:
I am spinning you!

Life / Best broadband supplier in Poland [19]

It depends on a specific offer - just think before you want to save some 10zl/month and sign longer (2 years) agreement. The prices getting lower in time and speeds are of course better.

You may also check the additional services which an operator may provide, the static IP for example (extra payable).
Rather just don't take the Netia on Orange network - any repairs take little longer. The genuine Netia is very good, Orange is not bad either. Just look closer for the details and compare recent options.

Life / Best broadband supplier in Poland [19]


I was worried about that - the range of the fiber lines in Poland is very limited. I'm afraid that your only option now is the regular upload speed offered by Netia or Orange.

biuro-zamowien.pl/Netia/Zasieg/Chrzanow/

Check also cable Internet availability at your home - ex. Multimedia:
multimedia.pl/lp_internet_60mbps?gclid=CjwKEAiAvPGxBRCH3YCgpdbCtmYSJABqHRVwLAKi30FFUP7cc_O5tIK0E7ibrKFFrpV1KcYQV3G-4hoCFH3w_wcB

Life / Best broadband supplier in Poland [19]

Check the offer of SBL.net - they provide services also in Chrzanów.

For details check here - (more affordable option of 8mb upload):
e-sbl.net/internet/ftth/internet-ftth-taryfa-bezwzgldna-141

Or for the fastest Fiber net check this (20mb upload):
e-sbl.net/internet/ftth/internet-ftth-taryfa-chya-143

Life / Best broadband supplier in Poland [19]

You are more interested in a mobile or home broadband? Land-line Internet is much more reliable and cheaper in Poland - no data limits and sometimes great speeds (it depends on an exact location)

Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1040]


I'm native Pole and I see such words connection for the first time in my life (maybe it's a new youth slang or something?). No idea what's the meaning of this phrase. I may only translate the separate words from Polish into English:

buziaki = kisses
pustaki = airbricks

Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1040]

As far as I understand, only the south part of Malopolska belonged to the Galicia region before the second war and I doubt that the term Galicia could be used interchangeably with the Malopolska name at this time.

Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1040]


Thanks for the corrections - I'm still very far from perfect in my English. Good luck with your task.

Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1040]

I'm not great at history so without much interpreting I would translate it like this:

It may be that many of the descriptive group of Poles - Greek Catholics has so far only potential relationship with Polishness, devoid of the characteristics of national activity, are, however, more Ukrainians those Ruthenians who are strongly denying any connections with the Ukrainism?

Personally I think that the Ukrainism term may have both meanings in this text - national and linguistic.

Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1040]

According to the Polish wikipedia:
The "ukrainizm" means a word, phrase or a sentential construction taken from the Ukrainian language by another language or culture modeled on that language.

And this word confuses me too because in the sentence about Ukrainians I don't see much connection to a language, although maybe it's taken from a bigger context I'm not aware of. So it may have either a national meaning or indicate a language connection.


Some Rusyns are also Ukrainians and vice versa if they are settled on the same area.
The Rusyns word might be confusing here also - the Ukrainians may be called with this term too (as the entire population of East Slavic)

Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1040]

This is a comparison of Polish Greek Catholics to the Russian Ukrainians - the first group do not have much national links with Poland, and Rusyns deny a connection with the Ukrainians.


(Although, as far I know, this word refers rather to a language)

Language / Polish names without a nickname (or less frequently shortened) [61]

And Dawid? The only diminutive form I know in this case is created by the usual 'ek' ending - Dawidek.
Of course it's the Polish equivalent of the David first name.

Language / Polish names without a nickname (or less frequently shortened) [61]

Ewuniu - not 'Ewjuniu' - and it comes from Ewunia.

Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1040]


I would translate: Everybody would like to have such girl, I love (adore) - no 'her' in this sentence, if it matters, although maybe he just cutted this phrase like that.

Life / Paintings of artists from Poland? [188]

I just today came across for an authorial page of some Polish artist, she lives now in UK, and I believe delivery to the Island is also available. (She is originally from my town Szklarska Poręba. I find her art very interesting)

matyldakonecka.com

And at the page gurupa.pl you can find some other Polish artists and their work to purchase.

Law / Allegro.pl shipping costs and methods - what's the best [11]


It's hard to judge from a philosophical point of view, but yes - it is normal on Allegro. The shipping cost is practically part of the Item cost - sometimes even the largest part..


First which one to avoid: 'List priorytetowy' and 'List ekonomiczny' - these are not registered parcels and therefore often conveniently lost by post in Poland.

Which to choose - every 'polecony' - the cheapest option with pick-up at home. List polecony ekonomiczny is slower, priorytetowy bit faster.
If it's something quite expensive or you need to get it up to 48 hours get the 'kurier'/'przesyłka kurierska' and similar.
The 'In post' option is very good for clothes/shoes, etc. because you can return every Item delivered via 'In post' without any shipping costs.

Po polsku / Szukam / Poszukiwani [25]


Najpopularniejsze w Polsce serwisy tego typu to Facebook i Nasza Klasa - ale o tym chyba wiesz? Na NK możesz równiesz znaleźć koleżanki które po wyjściu za mąż zmieniły nazwisko, najczęściej również podają swoje nazwisko panieńskie.

Genealogy / Is there a website where you check which Polish family names are popular in which region [6]

I am using this site:
moikrewni.pl/mapa/

In the empty field put a desired surname and click the 'szukaj' button.

Law / Where can I check in Poland my company formation status and tax number NIP and REGON? [95]


This regon numer is not valid - it should have 9 digits.


This numer shows a Voivodship Office in Poznan and the Regon # of this institution is entirely different from what you get.


So it looks fake to me (unless it's a part of the state Voivodship Office, which I doubt)

Language / Terms of endearment in Polish [222]


Maybe just 'kochająca Rosabelle'

Genealogy / Want to find a person [762]


Shame that it is so popular surname in Poland - in fact the most popular I beleive..
Now the option is to find a phone number to that person if available - maybe somebody has an access to the phone book from this area or even lives in the neighborhood...

Law / Anybody used "CK LAW OFFICE KANCELARIA ADWOKACKA" for passport services? [6]

Thanks for this update Ryba - useful for the future.

Language / Polish slang phrases - most popular. [606]


Unfortunately don't recognise anything like that in Polish - I'm went on this site to hear the proper pronounciation (I'm a native Pole):

naturalreaders.com/index.html

Could you confirm with this website that the word 'loparsch' is the closest to what you hear?

Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1040]


A better translation would be:
Witaj Koteczko. Jesteś najpiękniejsza.

And she is right - no translation will show your genuine English words.